Bottle-crate corner iron



Feb, 19,1929. 1,702,874

W. C. KRAUSE BOTTLE CRATE CORNER IRQN Filed Sept. 27, 1926 7 W/ram xmas@ Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM C. XBAUSE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.`

BOTTLE-CRATE CORNER IRON.

Application led September 27, 1926. Serial No. 138,008. f

This invention pertains to improvements in corner irons for bottle cases, crates, and the like/,and has primarily for itsobject to provide a simple, inexpensive and lefficient corner iron, which will e'ectively reinforce the corner of a case or crate, and enable ready and secure stacking of the same one upon the other. j

A furt-her object resides in the provision of a one piece corner iron stamped from sheet material and adapted to efficiently protect the top, bottom. and corner edges of a wooden crate, as Well as to reinforce the same and to securely hold the sides together without strain or dependence upon the securing rivets.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appearv as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of the physical em.- hodimentof the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a portion of a crate or case, with the present invention attached thereto, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

' As explained in the preceding objects, the present invention is designed particularly for use in connection with wooden cases or crates commonly employed for holding milk bottles, or the like, such as disclosed in my Patent No. 933,184, wherein the cornerirons are secured to the interior of the crate. Inasmuch as crates ofthe general character are subjected to exceptionally rough handling,

it is essential that the same he properly reinf forced at their corners and edges, as Well as being provided with means to effect asecure stacking of the crates onel upon the other. Heretofore this has been accomplished -in various ways, which, due to complicated structures, are more or less expensive, and in other instances present objections due to the fact that as the rivets or securing means become loosened or sheared off, or the sides of the box become split laterally, the irons become loose or detached from; the crate and fail to properlyv serve their function.

The present invention, which claims to overcome all ofthe objections heretofore encountered, comprises a corner angle iron 1,

the sides 2 of'whic-h are bent atright angles to onelanother to enclose the corner of the crate 3, which is vconstructed of wood and has an open top and bottom, as disclosed in the patent referred to. While the bottle holding means is not illustrated in the p-resent instance, it is obvious that any structure may be employed for this purpose, such as that disclosed in my earlier patent.

p Extending laterally from the top and bottom of the iron 1 are the flanges 4, which engage the top and bot-tom edges of the crate 3, and protect the same against splintering, as well as to reinforce the Sides and hold them together in instances where they become split horizontally. The top flange 4 is provided with an inwardly offset projection 5, which extends upwardly for the purpose of interengaging the lower edge of an adjacent crate stacked thereon.

Both the top and bottom flanges are provided with depending ears G bent parallel to the sides 2 and engaging the interior of the sides of the crate 3. While the foregoing structure is of such nature that when the corner irons are fixed uponthe crate and the ears 6 are benty down against the inner sides of a crate, the corner iron will be securely attached to the same. It is further desired to more securely attach the iron to the crate, and therefore rivets 7 are employed'which pass through the sides 2 of the iron, the sides of the crate and of the ears 6. In addition to the foregoing, lrivets may be'spaced at any desirable intervals intermediate the top and bottom of the iron, as shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that a Very simple and efficient iron has been provided, which,vwhile it is secured to the crate by rivets, is not dependent upon the same and will efficiently hold the sides of the crate together in instances where the rivets might become sheared or loosened, or the sides of the crate become split horizontally.

It will further be seen that flanges 4 will, in the stacking of the crates, one upon the other, engage the flanges of the adjacent irons to effect a uniform stacking of the of the wooden sides. The lower ears 6 havv crates and protect the top and bottom edgesing their' adjacent sides converging toward the inner edge of the lower flange 4, serve to engage the offset projection 5 of the adjacent iron, thus protecting the inner sides of the crate in the Stacking, and further effecting uniformity of the saine.

I elaini z- A corner iron for a. crate having an open top and bottoni7 Said corner iron being fornied oi a single blank ot material and having a body portion'ezztending around the out- Side of the corner oi the crate, said body portion having an integral inwardly extending flange projecting across the top of the adjacent Sides of the crate, said flange having three lips eut therefrom forming outer Y VILLIAM C. KRAUSE. 

